Foreign investors hiked stakes in 57 listed firms on Wednesday June 27

02/07/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 57 Tadawul-listed firms on Wednesday, June 27, while 47 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO), National Medical Care Co. (Care) and Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

 Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in MEPCO by 0.17 percent, and in Care and Bupa Arabia by 0.08 percent, each.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

MEPCO

 1.74%

 1.91%

+0.17%

85,000

Care

 15.53%

 15.61%

+0.08%

35,880

Bupa Arabia

 43.93%

 44.01%

+0.08%

64,000

Aldrees

 1.91%

 1.96%

+0.05%

25,000

Anaam Holding

 0.89%

 0.94%

+0.05%

9,800

 

Meanwhile, The Mediterranean and Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance Co. (MedGulf) and Al Khaleej Training and Education Co. saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 4.39 and 0.66 percent of their holdings, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

MedGulf

 10.60%

 6.21%

(4.39%)

1,756,000

Al Khaleej Training

 6.57%

 5.91%

(0.66%)

297,000

eXtra

 12.02%

 11.62%

(0.40%)

168,000

SAPTCO

 0.87%

 0.70%

(0.17%)

212,500

Al Rajhi Takaful

 8.44%

 8.29%

(0.15%)

60,000

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